Must Read Books

These are books that I think everybody should read. Or perhaps my version of the 1001 books to read before you die. Or the books I want my kids to read before they leave home.

(Not in order of importance…they’re all good)

1. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
2. The Complete Tales – Beatrix Potter
3. Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling
4. Pipi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren
5. Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
6. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
7. The City of Joy – Dominique Lapierre
8. I am David – Anne Holm
9. Schindler’s List – Thomas Keneally
10. Left to Tell – Immaculee Ilibagiza
11. Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela
12. Cry the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
13. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
14. Once Were Warriors – Alan Duff
15. The Shack – WM P Young
16. Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe
17. Jany Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
18. The Hiding Place – Corrie Ten Boom
19. The Australian Trilogy – Bryce Courtenay
20. The Chronicles of Narnia – C S Lewis
21. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
22. Night – Elie Wiesel